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Plans are in the works to build libraries in Darfuri refugee camps, thanks to an initiative by the Book Wish Foundation. All the proceeds from a new book, What You Wish For, will support the work of the U.N. refugee agency to build libraries in the camps in eastern Chad ...

Our guest blogger is Eric Daniel Metzgar, who directed the documentary film REPORTER, chronicling a trip to Congo by New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof ...

The Obama administration’s deployment of military advisers in operations aimed at ending the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is an important first step, but needs to be accompanied by broader actions by the U.S. and other countries to enhance the chances for success, according to a new Enough Project paper ...

Now is the time to bring an end to the predatory militia known as the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA. If efforts to counter the LRA are not dramatically bolstered by sustained U.S. leadership, the group could strengthen and become an even greater threat to regional stability ...

Our guest contributor has been doing relief and development work in South Sudan since the mid-1980s. He observes that what can be done meaningfully to promote peace changing in tandem with the evolving situation in South Sudan. The current moment, on the heels of the country’s independence, could be one of the most promising opportunities to establish peace among South Sudan’s rival groups, he suggests ...

Student activists Erin Musso and Genevieve Smith are proud to announce that the student goverment at University of Colorado-Boulder, where they're both seniors, has passed a conflict-free resolution, becoming the first public university to do so. Their guest blog post describes the effort made by their Conflict Free at CU group to advocate for the action ...

This evening, CNN’s The Situation Room will examine the recent announcement from the White House about plans to send 100 military advisors to Central Africa to boost efforts to end atrocities by the Lord’s Resistance Army. Host Wolf Blitzer will discuss the deployment with guests, including Enough’s John Prendergast. Tune in to CNN from 4 to 6 p.m. ET or check back here soon for the video ...

Fashion may not be the first thing that comes to mind when talking about the conflict in eastern Congo, but actress and activist Emmanuelle Chriqui—best known for her role on HBO’s series “Entourage”—uses her love for fashion as a way to highlight and support efforts to end the ongoing crisis ...

Guest blogger Karen Murphy has been involved in the anti-genocide movement for many years. As the international director for the education organization Facing History and Ourselves, she wrote this post to promote a workshop that will be held online starting at the end of this month ...

Although the initial media reaction to President Obama’s announcement that he was deploying “a small number of combat-equipped U.S. forces…to central Africa to provide assistance to regional forces working toward the removal of Joseph Kony from the battlefield” was one of shock, in fact there’s a strategic method to all this madness ...